diskusbooks Chapter 340 Eunuchs’ Abuse of Power Begins with Emperor Yingzong
Chapter 340 Eunuchs’ Abuse of Power Begins with Emperor Yingzong
Chapter 340 Eunuchs’ Abuse of Power Begins with Emperor Yingzong
Zhu Yuanzhang and his son reached a consensus on the White Lotus Sect.
Any threat to the Ming Dynasty’s rule must never be allowed to occur.
With the emperor's approval, the case progressed quickly.
After Shangyuan County handed over the reward money to Jiangning County, the head of the Ministry of Justice came with an order.
Arrest the yamen runners, clerks, county magistrates and registrars who were related to Wu Qingfu.
Anyway, now that Wu Qingfu has been brought to trial alone, many people have been implicated.
Although he has done his best to prevent southerners from occupying many positions in the court, southerners still have considerable advantages in terms of the imperial examinations, and they are also very easy to form groups and have complicated relationships.
Otherwise, why would I remind myself of these things?
So Zhong Niu took some experienced officials and helpers from Jiangning County and left.
And it seems that the mistress of the harem did not steal power, she just expressed her opinion on the emperor's ascension to the throne.
However, although Wang Buli did not guarantee the job for Zhong Niu, the Ministry of Personnel would not reject it because of the emperor's favor towards the son-in-law, and it was not an important position for him to be assigned.
But now it seems that the will allowing the empress to serve as regent can ensure that Xuande's son will succeed to the throne smoothly, rather than his brother succeeding with the support of the Empress Dowager.
Just by relying on this trick, Wang Buli managed to subdue a group of people in Jiangning County Government.
Ding Haidong was at a loss for words and said quickly:
Zhong Niu felt that after Wang Buli said this, his position as Dianshi was secured.
He soon became familiar with sitting in front of the giant screen, waiting for the show.
Wang Buli did not believe a word of this evasive statement.
"I value your ability." Wang Buli motioned him to stand up:
"The final appointment will be decided by the Ministry of Personnel. If you work hard, your future will not be that of a ninth-rank official. Don't be reckless and don't embarrass me."
She was originally a commoner, but became the daughter-in-law of Emperor Yongle, the wife of Emperor Hongxi and the mother of Emperor Xuande.
All dukes, marquises, and relatives of the emperor called him "Father Weng".
Compared with other regents, he is still very young.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened, and the fourth brother gave him a big job.
In the past, Zhu Yuanzhang never saw those eunuchs who abused their power remove the stone tablets they had erected.
They are all from the South.
Whether it is the harem or the court officials, someone always has to step forward.
Those people who joined the White Lotus Sect because they were forced by Wu Qingfu and had no other choice were all released and sent home at the suggestion of Empress Ma, but the able-bodied laborers in their families had to repair the river embankment for one month without pay.
The women in the palace have to be literate, so these people have to be castrated?
If you really want to teach women knowledge, you can't teach them in public during the day, right?
This is really unreasonable.
"I will remember the Prince Consort's teachings."
Every time Wang Zhen went to the cabinet to convey an imperial edict, he pretended to be respectful and careful.
Once the personnel in Shangyuan County are in place, the vacant positions in Jiangning County will also be filled.
Zhu Yuanzhang began to study how Wang Zhen had seized power in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang never expected that the person who would execute his ancestral system would be the master of the harem.
Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to go up and slap Zhu Qizhen twice to let him see for himself.
What's more, Yan Yulong of the White Lotus Sect has not yet revealed the mastermind behind the scenes.
"Eight years old?"
Although no one could officially become regent, a de facto regent group had to be established to "help the young emperor" deal with state affairs.
Zhu Yuanzhang was furious. It was only a few generations apart!
Even the great-grandson does not take the ancestral rules seriously.
But Wang Zhen was good at observing people's words and expressions and showed his loyalty everywhere.
Not only that, he also openly sold official positions and accepted bribes.
Second, he needed allies.
"I don't know what he did, I just accepted the gift."
She represented and maintained the continuity and legitimacy of the Ming Dynasty.
Compared with eunuchs interfering in politics, Zhu Yuanzhang was more likely to accept the first two.
In order to teach the women in the palace, Emperor Yongle persuaded a group of Confucian teachers to voluntarily undergo castration, and Wang Zhen was one of them. He had great advantages when entering the inner study hall.
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed again.
After that, Empress Dowager Zhang died, the person who could control Wang Zhen the most died, Yang Rong also died first, and Yang Shiqi resigned because his son was arrested for murder. Only Yang Pu, the oldest one, was left alone and weak.
Seeing how "impartial and selfless" he handled things, the Queen Mother gradually came to trust him.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't understand. He remembered that there were many female officials in the palace. Couldn't they teach some Confucian knowledge?
Oh, so we have to teach the little eunuch to read!
Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the chair angrily. He really turned a deaf ear to our advice, didn’t he?
He was good at writing and was much better at playing political games than the other eunuchs who "only knew" how to teach. He soon won the favor of Emperor Xuande, who asked him to serve the Crown Prince Zhu Qizhen in his studies.
Wang Zhen stood in the harem and watched with his own eyes as the palace servants removed the prohibition tablet set up by Zhu Yuanzhang that prohibited eunuchs from interfering in state affairs.
Because of the system established by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, all power belongs to the emperor.
A young emperor was nominally the head of state, but in reality the Ming Dynasty was in a state of leaderlessness.
Hearing this, Zhong Niu was stunned for a moment, then immediately knelt down to Wang Buli and thanked the prince consort for his promotion.
This time there was no time to bring Crown Prince Zhu Biao with him.
Zhu Yuanzhang also felt that Zhang wanted to warn him, but he did it after all.
After requests from Zhu Qizhen and the ministers present, Wang Zhen was pardoned and it was stipulated that "he shall not be allowed to interfere in state affairs from now on."
It was just right to free up the cells for the yamen runners in Shangyuan County.
He calculated a little further back and realized how old Xuande was when he died young.
He was totally powerless to stop this kind of thing.
Wang Buli just waved his hand and had him taken away.
Zhu Yuanzhang had seen the consequences of eunuchs' misrule more than once, and each time it made him extremely angry.
Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Emperor Xuande had gone against his wishes.
Once he was put in jail and interrogated, he naturally knew everything.
Wang Zhen was the emperor's enlightenment teacher before he ascended the throne.
The position of Shangyuan County magistrate is what Hu Weiyong and others need to care about.
The harem, eunuchs, and powerful ministers, these three situations that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want all came together.
Fortunately, the queen has always been from a humble family, and there are no external relatives causing trouble.
The ascension of a child emperor to the throne creates new problems and tensions.
To the young emperor, this eunuch was still his teacher to the fullest.
When Emperor Xuande died unexpectedly after a short illness, Empress Dowager Zhang led a de facto regency.
When Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne, there were three grand secretaries and three eunuchs in the regency group with the Empress Dowager.
After seeing so many cases of eunuchs' dictatorship, I finally found the reason.
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed. The local people were very useful when conquering the world, but they were a hindrance when governing the world.
Yicheng was from the hometown of cabinet minister Yang Pu, while Liao Mo was from the hometown of cabinet minister Yang Shiqi.
A Dianshi, as the local boss, is the actual person in power who directly controls the county.
With more generations between them, do they still have the ancestral rules in their hearts?
Wang Zhen was from the north (Shanxi) and was from the same hometown as the Empress Dowager.
To be honest, there will be considerable problems with the handover of power between the emperor and his brother.
He didn't take our words to heart!
The throne was succeeded by the 8-year-old Emperor Zhu Qizhen.
Zhu Yuanzhang entered the fairyland very abruptly.
Wang Buli glanced at Ding Haidong who was being held down: "Wu Qingfu."
The mansion built with the looted money was as magnificent as the imperial palace.
First, he established personal control over the emperor.
When the Empress Dowager was alive and could have killed him, Wang Zhen acted cautiously and was able to pretend to follow the advice of senior university scholars.
He's really become Zhao Gao, right?
Only in this way could he jump up and down in the Ming Dynasty.
Wang Zhen took the opportunity to say to the Queen Mother: "Both of them are from the same hometown. The punishment for life is too heavy, and the punishment for public service is too light. They should be demoted."
Temporary positions can be converted to formal positions, and the formal establishment can be further promoted.
What happened to Ming Dynasty?
How could it be like the founding period when everyone fought bravely and wanted to make a name for themselves?
Zhu Yuanzhang, on the contrary, felt that the fourth brother was currently in great trouble, and he didn't care.
Especially after the people saw these "officials" being arrested, they were even more grateful to the emperor.
If this kind of leader is not arrested, there will be more trouble in the future.
The next day, Zhu Qizhen was in the pavilion, and Wang Zhen knelt and said:
There is really a future to follow the prince consort Wang Buli!
This means that the person was sent directly to Shangyuan County to work as an official.
After the construction of the imperial palace was completed, Zhu Qizhen held a banquet for all officials. According to the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, even if the eunuchs were favored, they were not allowed to attend the royal banquet.
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned. Why did Xuande, that bastard, still like to use eunuchs so much?
Almost all of them died in their young and middle-aged years. Could it be that they were overworked?
This couldn't help but remind Zhu Yuanzhang of Jiajing. This old guy had never done much work in his life, but he practiced Taoism and took elixirs, and yet he lived a long life.
Zhu Qizhen and a young eunuch were playing ball in the palace, and the ball stopped when it reached its limit.
"The previous emperor almost led the world astray because of a ball, and Your Majesty is following his example, what a fool you are!"
On the contrary, the files of clerks can be transferred directly. Even if they are of the lowest rank in the Ming Dynasty, they are still officials. Unlike clerks, the procedures are naturally more cautious.
In short, a lot of vacancies became available in Shangyuan County, and the people in Jiangning County were very happy.
In order to consolidate his position, Wang Zhen pretended to be pretentious and used political tactics to win the favor of cabinet ministers such as the "Three Yangs".
Half a year after Zhu Qizhen became emperor (July of the tenth year of Xuande), the Empress Dowager ordered Wang Zhen to review the troops outside Chaoyang Gate with civil and military officials. Wang Zhen lied that Ji Guang, the commander of the Right Guard of Longqing, who was a close friend of his, was the best in riding and shooting, and he was promoted to the position of commander-in-chief.
But it was obviously unrealistic to let Zhu Qizhen, who was only eight years old, handle government affairs. He had to decide national affairs with the assistance of grand secretaries and ministers.
Zhu Qizhen was young and in awe of Wang Zhen, so he called him "Sir" instead of his name.
The eunuchs' monopoly of power in the Ming Dynasty began with Wang Zhen.
Why don’t our descendants live long?
At this time, in order to ensure his son's succession to the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang believed that Xuande had done his best.
motherfucker.
Zhu Qizhen was afraid that Wang Zhen would be unhappy, so he sent someone to see what he was doing.
Zhu Yuanzhang actually found it a little difficult to accept.
Zhu Yuanzhang stood up suddenly.
If you want to cause trouble again under such treatment, it will not be my fault as your superior. You’d better take care of yourself.
In the first month of the tenth year of Xuande, the emperor passed away and his will stated that all important state affairs would be handled by Empress Dowager Zhang.
Previous experience was completely useless, and his son Zhu Di's entry into the fairyland was an accident.
It is extremely easy to lead to the establishment of illegal dictatorial power and inevitably undermine the stability of the central leadership of the court.